News & Events

NPSS recently added two new course offerings in the areas of Resiliency and Wellness: “Resilient Leadership for Emergency Services and Healthcare Professions” and “The Secrets of Psychological Body Armor™ – Holistic Wellness for Emergency Services and Healthcare Professions”. Our Executive Director has been credentialed to present these programs and as such both classes carry a… Continue Reading →

This past December, our Executive Director was an invited speaker to come back and present at the Citizen CPR Foundation’s, Cardiac Arrest Survival Summit in San Diego, CA. This program draws a world-wide audience of not only experts in the resuscitation field, but survivors of cardiac arrest from a multitude of causes. Our presentation, “Drowning… Continue Reading →

This month we are at the 20-year anniversary of the attacks that changed the lives of many across the globe. The tragedy of lives directly lost that day. Many on the scene during the rescue and recovery efforts have since lost their lives due to medical complications of their work. Families were forever changed. In… Continue Reading →

This month is Mental Health Awareness month in the United States. Since 1949, this month has been dedicated to raising awareness of those who face the challenges associated with various forms of mental health issues. At NPSS, while always supportive of this effort we felt that it was especially important to help put a spotlight… Continue Reading →

With Winter well underway, seasonal activities are giving a respite from the constraints and isolation of the past year’s pandemic. COVID precautions remain in place and thus many indoor recreational activities have been replaced by outside endeavors. As a result, people have turned from activities such as ice skating in rinks to skating on frozen… Continue Reading →

This month is National Suicide Prevention Awareness month. Despite all of the resources available to people, suicide continues to happen at unacceptable rates. The nation saw a rise in suicide attempts and completions, secondary to the stressors encountered in attempting to deal with the COVID pandemic. Although the COVID infection and death rates have decreased… Continue Reading →

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted and tested the world’s resolve in ways never before imagined. Disaster planning and exercise drills have been conducted around biological threats for many years but no one had envisioned the scope of the problem being as large as what we are facing today. No one is outside the reach of… Continue Reading →

This past January and February, NPSS had the opportunity to provide Advanced CISM education through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) at their regional conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Advanced skills were presented over a 4-day period including Terrorism: Psychological Impact and Implications and Thought Field Therapy. Audience members consisted of attendees from diverse backgrounds… Continue Reading →